Crab Lane Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Crab Lane
Higher Blackley
Manchester
M9 8NB
Phone 01617402851
Reference Number 105465

General Makeup

Number of pupils 427
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.48%
Girls: 51.52%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 57.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 32.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 25.6
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 24 49
2 27 28 55
3 24 32 56
4 33 27 60
5 29 23 52
6 27 36 63

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 45.2%
African 18.5%
White, Other 8%
Pakistani 6.1%
Mixed, Other 3.5%
Indian 2.8%
Unclassified 2.3%
Asian, Other 2.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.9%
Chinese 1.4%
White & Asian 1.2%
White & Black (African) 0.9%
Caribbean 0.7%
Irish 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating As of September 2024, Ofsted no longer give a one word rating for schools. See our blog post for more details.
Last Inspection Date 2024-11-29
Date Description Report
2024-10-29 School inspection School inspection
2019-07-16 Short inspection Short inspection
2015-06-24 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-04-30 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2011-04-12 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2010-03-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2009-12-10 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2009-07-08 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2009-02-04 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-10-21 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2008-04-16 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-06-21 Full inspection Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 46% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 101 Unlock Unlock
Maths 102 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.6 Unlock Unlock
Writing 0.4 Unlock Unlock
Maths -0.8 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 25 2
Third Preference 15 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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